"Yaya Toure!"

"A near-perfect raid!"

"Yaya Toure helped Manchester City break the deadlock in the game, and he proved to Pep Guardiola that it was a wrong decision to let him go!"

"Now, Manchester City are 1-0 up at home to Barcelona. :3.”

……

It's a conspiracy.

Pep Guardiola stood on the sidelines like a statue, without shaking his head and sighing, without shouting angrily, he just stood like this, in a burst of overwhelming cheers, looking at the Manchester City players who performed on the field, without turning his head, he also knew what kind of expression Linsen on the other side would be at this time.

Pep Guardiola knew what the problem was, he noticed it before he even scored a goal, but it was too late and he could only watch his team fall into the trap that the opposition had put together throughout the first half.

As for Yaya Toure, who scored the goal, Guardiola did not really regret it as the commentator said, Toure is a good player, which he has never denied, and his departure is not so much a problem with Toure as it is due to the shape of the team. As long as Busquets doesn't let him down, then there is no question of not regretting letting Yaya Toure go.

The game resumed, but it didn't last long before the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. As he walked back to the locker room, Villanova followed a few steps and whispered, "I didn't expect that." ”

Bidanova's tone was not dignified, but Guardiola smiled bitterly in his heart.

Before the game, in addition to a series of work on Manchester City's tactical style and the characteristics of the players, he and Vilanova did the most work, which was to guard against Lin Sen's "unexpected", but after all, he still didn't expect it.

It's just that it's 0-to-1. It wasn't an unacceptable situation for Pep Guardiola, not just because it was only the first half, but also because of his confidence in his team. Guarding against the opposition's surprise attack is just one of his jobs, but the problem he needs to solve in the second half is not how to defend but how to liberate Barcelona's attack.

On the other side, Lin Sen also walked into the locker room with a similar mood.

If、Just if。

It wouldn't be a bad thing if City were able to head to the Camp Nou with a 1-0 scoreline, but it's just as certain. Such a score, let alone sit back and relax, even a little psychological advantage may be difficult to occupy. Therefore, in the second half of Manchester City, although defense is still the biggest task, it is still not the only task.

After making some arrangements, Lin Sen called Suarez alone.

Suarez, who was won in this game, was not tasked in the first half by sitting on the bench waiting for an uncertain opportunity to come on as a substitute like other substitute players. Lin Sen gave him a task early on, and that was to let him observe the movement of Barcelona's midfielders. This may sound like a general task, and it seems that it can be done with only a video recording, and it doesn't seem to be a live viewing.

But Suarez knows what his manager wants him to do. Admittedly, the game footage also seems to be observable, but in fact, every game. The actual situation is different against different opponents, which is the case as a striker. Suarez knows best. So, throughout the first half, everyone else followed the ball, but he was the only one who always kept his eyes on Barcelona's midfield.

"See what?" With a smile, Lin Sen asked Suarez.

"Just a little." Suarez touched the back of his head, shrugged his shoulders and said.

"A little?" Lin Sen frowned and asked.

Suarez thought that Linsen was not satisfied with the fact that he only saw one point in the first half of the game, so he was a little embarrassed to say what he saw in the first half.

What he didn't expect was that Lin Sen nodded solemnly, and then said, "Enough." ”

Suarez was stunned, is that enough?

"In the second half you go up. But remember, you have to be patient. ”――

At the beginning of the second half, to the same surprise of many, it was not Barcelona who was behind but Manchester City, which was the first to make personnel changes.

Suarez up, De Jong down.

"At the beginning of the second half, Lin made a surprise move, he replaced De Jong with Suarez, and it seems that he is not satisfied with the current scoreline, but in the first half, Manchester City were excellent, their midfield was great, is it a bit risky for Linson to make such an adjustment?"

The commentator's words represent many people's views on Linson's adjustment, but they do not include Guardiola.

It's not expected, but Guardiola is not so surprised that Linsen replaced Suarez.

Replacing offensive players, many times the meaning is very direct, that is, to strengthen the attack, but this is not absolute, because sometimes it is also for defense, for example, the current adjustment of Linsen, in Guardiola's view, is for defense.

In the first half, although Manchester City seemed to be defending with all its might due to the limited number of offensive players, in fact, every attack they made was very organized and not blind, that is to say, Manchester City in the first half could actually be regarded as a mixed offensive and defensive attack. But as soon as Suarez is replaced in the second half, Manchester City's strikeless formation may become their most familiar 4231 or 4321, and the change depends on Yaya Toure's position.

Is this going to attack? Pep Guardiola prefers to believe it's about a tactic: counter-attacking defensively.

Because it was not Adriano, who eliminated Real Madrid with a goal in the last round, not Falcao, who was actually more impactful to Barcelona's defense, but Suarez, who had better skills and faster degrees.

As if to confirm Guardiola's expectations, the situation on the pitch has changed in the same way.

After Suarez came on the field, Yaya Toure did not stand in the position of the midfield, but appeared more in the midfield, and the most work he did was to assist the team in defense, and the "flesh and blood grinding plate" in the first half still existed, Suarez looked more like a "thorn in the eye" that Linsen deliberately put on to disgust the opponent's defense.

And Barcelona, who will definitely not be willing to fall behind, although Guardiola has not made any personnel adjustments, their offensive intensity is obviously accelerating. On the one hand, it was because City's defence forced them to do so, and on the other hand, it was more because they took the initiative to mention. The faster the ball is passed, the more likely it is to be successful, but it is also true that it is harder to be broken.

The "change" in Barcelona soon brought them opportunities.

The opportunity is in Messi.

The darling of Barcelona, the darling of football.

In this game, Manchester City's restriction on Messi was undoubtedly successful, although it still failed to completely restrict the opponent, but at least in terms of practical effect, it did not allow the opponent to get too good opportunities. But when Messi deceived Vidal's defense, and Kompany didn't have thousands of close presses, it seemed to be doomed, and this would be Messi's performance moment.

By the time Kompany came to his senses and was ready to step forward, Messi was like a fish swimming in water, unable to grasp it anymore.

Joe Hart could only watch Messi get closer and closer to him, and his previously reliable team-mate seemed to be a stake in an instant, as Messi picked the ball into the far corner. The only thing Joe Hart could do was do the one thing that made him feel so: sit down and watch.

Thousands of Barcelona fans have raised their arms and Pep Guardiola is ready to celebrate because it looks like a must-score, but ......

Messi, who has always followed the football, did not prepare to celebrate in advance.

Because just as the ball left his feet. He had always been smooth before, but he suddenly felt a little sluggish.

What gave him this sluggishness was a leg that crossed his side.

It was David Luiz who made the interception.

David Luiz's action didn't touch the ball and didn't seem to affect Messi's shot. It may seem like a late remedy, but ......

"Messi...... Messi ...... Messi ......"

The commentator, who seemed to be in love with Messi, never thought that he would call Messi's name thirteen times in less than half a minute. It's just that no one laughs at him for becoming a repeater at this time, because the reason why Messi has always been on his mouth is because the ball on the field has always been at Messi's feet.

All fans who like Messi wanted a perfect ending this time, but the goalpost rejected Messi's near-perfect performance this time.

"Oh...... Goalpost! The commentator did not hide his disappointment at all, which is like a movie that paved most of the movie and suddenly ended in the ** part, "It's a pity that the goalpost rejected Messi's shot!" ”

The Barcelona fans, who were ready to raise their arms and cheer, suddenly turned into holding their heads in their hands, and then looked at the damn ball that popped out of bounds with disbelief eyes, while Guardiola, who was on the sidelines, turned around sharply, and finally had a disappointed expression on his face after being so calm since the beginning.

No wonder he was disappointed, Messi's shot was the closest Barcelona had come to scoring since the game, but it wasn't the only one, having already missed two chances before that.

One was a shot from Villa that was saved by the opposing goalkeeper.

One was Xavi's long-range shot, which flew off the crossbar.

……

If he can't attack for a long time, even if Guardiola is calm, he can't guarantee that the players on the field are as calm as him, not to mention, this is still in the case of falling behind.

Lin Sen, who was not far away, did not hide his gaze when he observed Guardiola, and naturally noticed Guardiola's disappointment, but he did not show any smugness because of this, escaping a catastrophe is escaping, he has been calculating the other party, but it does not include such a "heartbeat", if Messi's shot just went in, then, he had to start again.

As for Suarez? It was another foreshadowing of him, but like the conspiracy in the first half, he couldn't guarantee that it would work. (To be continued!)

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